Chi Hack Night is Chicago's central hub for civic tech community engagement and collaboration.

Chi Hack Night serves as the central hub for Chicago's civic tech community, offering a central hub for civic tech community engagement and collaboration. The group facilitates involvement primarily through weekly Tuesday meetups, but also encourages participation via a Google Group for civic tech news and projects, as well as weekly breakouts for learning or prototyping. The organization maintains an open source project repository, a data and resources portal covering Chicago's government websites and APIs, and a directory of local techies. Beyond Chi Hack Night, the ecosystem includes the Chicago City Data User Group for non-developers, City Bureau's #CityScrapers project for coding volunteers, City Open Workshop for design and urban planning, Maptime Chicago for collaborative mapping, Open Uptown as a Code for America Brigade, and South Side Code & Coffee for developers and tech enthusiasts. These diverse groups collectively foster civic engagement, innovation, and economic opportunity by leveraging city data, building open source applications, and creating shared spaces for collaboration across Chicago's neighborhoods.